First daytime seeing monitoring at Dome C

E. Aristidi (1) , A. Agabi (2) , J. Vernin (2) , M. Azouit (3) , F. Martin (1) , A. Ziad (1) , E. Fossat (1)

1 LUAN - Laboratoire Universitaire d'Astrophysique de Nice
2 LAGRANGE - Joseph Louis LAGRANGE
3 FIZEAU - Laboratoire Hippolyte Fizeau

The first astronomical seeing monitoring has been made with a DIMM instrument at the Antarctic plateau site of Dome C in December, 2002 on the bright star Canopus (alpha Eri) during the daytime. In these far from optimal conditions, a median seeing of 1.2 arcsec as been obtained, with extended periods better than 1 arc-sec and 12 percent of the time better tan 0.75 arcsec.

Mots clés: Site Testing

Domaines: Astrophysique [astro-ph]

E. Aristidi, A. Agabi, J. Vernin, M. Azouit, F. Martin, et al.. First daytime seeing monitoring at Dome C. international workshop on "The scientific outlook for Astronomy and Astrophysics research at the Concordia Station", Apr 2003, Capri, Italy. ⟨hal-02480084⟩